. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . impress them more thanthe signs of prosperity and taste displayed in Richmond and Lexington andLouisville and Nashville—centres, all of them, of culture, business energy,architectural beauty, modern ideas, and up-to-date enterprise. They agreed,too, that such a trip as they had taken to the homes of famous Americans waspossible to all who could spare the means or time to take it; for their homeslay along a line of continual travel and were all readily accessible, while thecomforts of modern ra
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . impress them more thanthe signs of prosperity and taste displayed in Richmond and Lexington andLouisville and Nashville—centres, all of them, of culture, business energy,architectural beauty, modern ideas, and up-to-date enterprise. They agreed,too, that such a trip as they had taken to the homes of famous Americans waspossible to all who could spare the means or time to take it; for their homeslay along a line of continual travel and were all readily accessible, while thecomforts of modern railway journeys made the trip at once easy and enjoyable. <: It s as good as an education, said Bert. 248 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS And Christine agreed, with the addition, if only Uncle Tom s theteacher, in which sentiment one and all concurred. But when it came to picking out the one thing that they would longestremember in connection with their trip their replies were of course as di-verse as their natures. I dont believe I shall ever forget the thirteen Hamilton trees near his. THE CORNER OF BROADWAY AND TWENTY-THIRD STREET, NEW YORK. From a photograph by Pach Brothers. home on Convent avenue, said Bert, or the last of the Confederate earth-works on the old Kentucky battle-ground of Munfordville. Marian was certain she should always remember that sick chamber inthe Sixty-sixth Street house in New York where General Grant wrote hismemoirs, passed through the furnace-fire of misfortune, and fought the valiantfight with death ; though, to be sure, she added, I was awfully interestedto see the place where Pocahontas fell in love with Rolfe. Oh, thats ancient history, said Jack ; it was not nearly so interestingto me as old Alfred at the Hermitage, though I think I shall always rememberthe boy conductors on the trolley-cars at Nashville, and the White Squad-ron in Hampton Roads — both of them were pretty fresh, you know. Roger wavered between the star chamber an
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